Lesley Abravanel: Brett Ratner steps out

Director Brett Ratner was spotted dining Tuesday at Touché Rooftop Lounge & Restaurant with a woman we’re told is his fiancée, model Marcelle Braga, but his rep denies that. The leggy brunette happens to be the daughter of Touché’s executive chef, former Top Chef contestant Carla Pellegrino.

Hazel E, a cast member on Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood, is playing hostess Oct. 4-5 at Black Diamonds in Aventura. The Hollywood publicist turned rapper also happens to be dating Tom Hanks’ rapper son Chet “Haze” Hanks.

Maxim Chmerkovskiy of Dancing With the Stars fame was seen entering Zuma’s private room on Thursday with friends.

On Friday at AmericanAirlines Arena, Bob and Frank Unanue of Goya Foods will present Marc Anthony and Henry Cardenas of Maestro Cares Foundation with a $150,000 check tosupport efforts for the development and construction of a new orphanage and school for more than 200 children in Barranquilla, Colombia.

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Boca Raton native Tristan Nunez, the youngest licensed professional race-car driver in the country at age 18, is hosting the Celebrity Karting Enduro to benefit The Dnt Txt N drV Foundation at K1 Speed in Medley from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. While racing enthusiast Patrick Dempsey is unable to attend, he sent an autograph to raise funds.

About Lesley Abravanel

Lesley Abravanel covers nightlife in her weekly column, Velvet Underground, in which she scopes the scene for stars, scandal and social studies. A former wanna-be clubkid in the late 80s NYC club scene heyday, she skipped town for Miami, where she's been since 1990--the so-called halcyon days of South Beach clubdom.